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My Granddad's (L) entry into his diary on hearing the news of Japan's surrender. Obviously a man of few words! He was on board the Empress of Australia sailing to the Far East to take part in the Invasion of Japan. He diverted to Hong Kong to help take its surrender #VJDay

The Illustrated London News, 6 September 1947. Indian soldiers of the Bihar regiment rounding up and shooting armed Sikh jathas to prevent them from crossing the border to Lahore.

Earlier this year at Hampton Court Palace Historic Royal Palaces, 103 yr old Capt Yavar Abbas spoke of the devastating effect of #partition on the Undivided Indian Army. A Muslim, commissioned into the 11th Sikh regiment on 24/01/1943, he would lead Sikh troops in #Burma during #WW2.

Visit #UntoldLives Historic Royal Palaces Kensington Palace to see my take on the musician believed to be John Baptist Grano (c. 1692 – c. 1748), the English trumpeter, flautist, and composer who worked with George Frederick Handel at the opera house in London’s Haymarket.

🌺 Poppies return to the Tower of London 🌺 This November Poppy Fields will light up the White Tower in a commemorative light show in partnership with @Luxmuralis. Tickets include special access to see the Crown Jewels after-hours. 📆 8-16 Nov ➡️ bit.ly/PoppyFieldsTow…

“A defining moment that is neither beginning nor end, partition continues to influence how the peoples and states of post colonial South Asia envisage their past, present and future.” Ayesha Jalal #Partition #India #Pakistan #Punjab

For our #NELondon clinicians Danish and Bushraah, #SouthAsianHeritageMonth is not just about celebrating their culture but also acknowledging the challenges their families have faced in building a better life for them. 1/3 🔽

Sepoy Wrestlers at a contest, Delhi Camp of Exercise, 1886. Several seemingly #Sikh in the crowd. Photo by Raja Deen Dayal from National Army Museum #History #VintagePhotography #Sports #Wrestling William Dalrymple Punjabi Rooh Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ Ramblings of a Sikh RS Swati Vashishtha

🤩 Unheard Voices at Hampton Court Palace 🏰 Explore the Tudor world of trade and piracy, the meaning of love through music and the story of a Princess campaigning for votes for women ✊ 🗓️ Until August 31 Find out more 👉 bit.ly/UnheardVoices24

The Sikh martial art of #Gatka⚔️ is centuries old and teaches participants incredible mental and physical skills. Please come and support the young boys and girls, women and men; as they display their prowess in the 10th annual #UK Gatka Championship, hosted this year by #Derby.

A rare map of #Punjab & Sikh Territory. Made in 1849 at the end of the #Sikh Empire by William H. Allen & Co. which had close ties with the EIC #History #Cartography Ramblings of a Sikh RS Punjabi Rooh ਜੋਧਸਿੰਘ Jat Kshatriya Culture William Dalrymple ਸ੍ਰੀਖੜਗਕੇਤੁ EIC at Home

24th August 1914... First units of Indian Expeditionary Force “A” leave India for France under the command of General Sir James Willcocks. They would arrive in France on the 30th September and were immediately moved into the Ypres Salient.

The early soldiers of the #Khalsa. Armed disciples of Guru Gobind Singh ji. Frm ‘The Sikhs’ 1904 with Wellcome Collection #Sikh #Punjab #History Punjabi Rooh Ramblings of a Sikh RS JK Sharad Mohan شرد ਸ਼ਰਦ शरद শরদ ਜੋਧਸਿੰਘ ਸ੍ਰੀਖੜਗਕੇਤੁ Jat Kshatriya Culture Samraj Sathnam Sanghera Jamal Jafri

On #internationaldogday Bab' and 'Jumbo' with officers of 1st/8th Gurkha Rifles, 1911 Bab' and 'Jumbo', two dogs presented to the 1st Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, by the wife of one of the officers, were awarded the India General Service Medal 1908-35. 1/

Indian troops of 4th Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment (33rd Brigade, 7th Indian Division) reoccupy the oil town of Yenangyaung, Burma, April 1945. Read more about the war in Burma here: bit.ly/3se0Ksh Film: IWM JIN 45

Hampton Court this evening So lucky to have this as my back garden 😍

1914-18 The First World War. Mesopotamia.⠀ ⠀ Photograph of a Nihang Sikh taken during the victorious march on Baghdad.⠀ ⠀ The Imperial Publishing Company, Lahore.

Utterly mindless and tragic.